Serves: 18
Total Calories: 162

2 to 3 pounds rib eye beef steaks, trimmed
1/2 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 orange, quartered
1/2 lime, quartered
1 (19-ounce) can mild red enchilada sauce

TORTILLAS:
2 recipes Fresh Mini Flour Tortillas or 2 recipes Mini Corn Tortillas or 24 8-inch flour tortillas (total 72 small tortillas)
2 1/4 cups Mexican cheese blend, shredded
2 (4-ounce) cans mild diced green chilies
vegetable oil

In a 10-inch Dutch oven over medium high heat, sear the rib eye steak in 1 Tbs. oil on both sides 4 minutes each side. Add remaining ingredients and reduce heat to medium, cover and braise 90 minutes or until meat shreds easily with a fork. Let cool slightly, and remove orange and lime quarters from slow cooker or Dutch oven. Shred meat using 2 forks, stirring in the cooking liquid. Continue simmering to reduce the liquid volume by half.

TORTILLAS:
Using an empty tuna can, with the ends removed, cut 3 circles from each 8-inch flour tortilla or use mini tortillas made from tortilla recipes in this book. Heat a Dutch oven lid or 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Lightly oil the entire lid or bottom of the skillet, then place 4 tortilla rounds on the lid and place 1 Tbs. cheese in the center of each tortilla, then top with 1 Tbs. beef mixture and 1/2 tsp. diced green chile. Top the cheese, beef, and chile with a second tortilla and cook for 1 to 2 minutes until cheese is lightly melted and tortilla is crispy and lightly browned. Flip over each quesadilla and cook on second side an additional 1 to 2 minutes. Continue cooking all quesadillas until all the tortillas and, or beef and cheese is used up.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 18
Total Calories: 162
Calories from Fat: 43

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